[Adopted 9-15-1994 by Ord.
No. 878]
A.
The publication of the National Fire Protection Association
(hereinafter referred to as "NFPA") entitled "Life Safety Code," in the edition
as referred to in the BOCA Codes, with all its supplements, changes, revisions,
additions and amendments thereto, shall be the Life Safety Code of the Borough
of Media, Delaware County.
B.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Borough of Media Secretary's office, being marked and designated as the NFPA 101, Code for Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures, 1994 Edition (Life Safety Code), all subsequent supplements and revisions thereto as published by the NFPA and all subsequent supplements and revisions thereto, be and is hereby adopted as the Life Safety Code of the Borough of Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; in each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Life Safety Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 165-48 of this article.
[Amended 5-6-2002 by Ord.
No. 956]
A.
The term "Code Official" as stated throughout the book
of codes shall be defined as the Code Enforcement Officer, and the officer
shall be the Borough's Secretary unless the Council, by motion, appoints another
person to be the officer. It shall be said Code Enforcement Officer's duty
to enforce any provisions and regulations of the Media Life Safety Code.
B.
Building Inspector. In addition to the Code Enforcement
Officer, the Council may, by motion, appoint the Building Inspector(s). Their
duties shall be to enforce the provisions of this Code, under and at the direction
of the Code Enforcement Officer.
A.
The designations of the subsections herein provided,
of this article shall be the section designations of the aforementioned Life
Safety Code and are substantially related.
B.
Reference to the codes and appendixes in or of the Life
Safety Code shall, for the purposes hereof, be considered as part of the Life
Safety Code and collectively referred to as a part thereof, but only as made
applicable thereby or by this article.
C.
As between the provisions of this article and the Life
Safety Code, the latter shall be the basic Life Safety Codes and be controlling
except as to the portions changed or made inapplicable by this article. Wherein
this article provides for procedures or regulations differing from those set
forth in the NFPA Life Safety Code, the procedures or regulations of the NFPA
Life Safety Code are rendered inapplicable; wherein there may be no ambiguity
or conflict between the provisions of this article and the NFPA Life Safety
Code, the provisions of this article shall apply; and wherein provisions of
this article and those of the NFPA Life Safety Code create no conflict or
ambiguity, the provisions of both shall apply and they shall be read together
to establish one procedure or regulation.
The Zoning Law herein referred to shall be the Media Zone Ordinance
No. 823 in effect and as amended or changed and the date of any application
for any permit hereunder and payment made therefor.[1] Such parts of or sections of the ordinance, which also regulate
in the scope of this article are repealed hereby or, if adopted hereunder,
are hereby made inapplicable; if an ambiguity or conflict arises between the
terms of this article and such Zoning Ordinance, the terms, provisions and
regulations of this article shall repeal and take precedence, unless said
Zoning Ordinance specifically makes any conflicting section of it controlling
over this article.
Permits for life-safety-related work would be included in the building
permit application.
[Amended 5-6-2002 by Ord.
No. 956]
The Code Enforcement Officer, Building Inspector(s) or Fire Marshal
shall not hire or engage the services of any other person without the approval
of Borough Council.
[Added 5-6-2002 by Ord. No.
956]
A.
Any appeals of the publications of the National Fire Protection
Association entitled "Life Safety Code" adopted under this article will be
heard by the Board originally designed under Ordinance 954. All persons, individuals,
partnerships and corporations shall comply with the Life Safety Code. The
Code Enforcement Officer or Building Inspectors are empowered to enforce the
Life Safety Code. Any violations of the provisions of the Life Safety Code
shall be enforced in accordance with the same procedures/rules of the various
BOCA Code and Property Maintenance Code adopted by the Borough of Media and
the Municipal Planning Code or other appropriate state statutes. If cited
for a Life Safety Code violation, those citations shall be appealed to this
Appeal Board utilizing the same rules, regulations, procedures established
in Ordinance 954 for BOCA violations.[1]
B.
The procedures for appeal stated above shall be enforced for
the Life Safety Code, and any of the above listed codes if they are equal
to or exceed the Uniform Construction Codes shall continue in full force and
effect until such time as such provisions fail to equal or exceed the minimum
requirements of the Code, as amended from time to time, and if they were enacted
prior to July 1, 1999. If the requirements of the previous sentence are not
met, then the appeals process for violations shall be through the process
detailed in the Uniform Construction Codes. In the event that the Uniform
Construction Act and/or Code are hereafter repealed or determined to he unconstitutional
or invalid, the various codes which comprise the Code, together with the ordinances
of the Borough of Media that remained in effect as stated in Ordinance 990,[2] shall remain in full force and effect as the codes and procedures
adopted by the Borough of Media.
[Added 7-15-2004 by Ord. No. 993]
